US Patent Issued to University of Connecticut on July 29 for "Scheduling of semi-batch chemical-looping reactors" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,520, issued on July 29, was assigned to University of Connecticut (Farmington, Conn.).

"Scheduling of semi-batch chemical-looping reactors" was invented by George M. Bollas (Tolland, Conn.) and Chen Chen (Willington, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems/methods for continuous operation of fixed bed reactors using gaseous fuels for power generation through integration with a combined cycle power plant are provided. The fixed bed reactors are assumed to operate in a semi-batch mode composed of reactor modules integrated into module trains that comprise the chemical-looping combustion island of the power plant. The scheduling of...